Garbhan Coughlan

Garbhan Coughlan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-24) 24 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Cashmere Technical
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Limerick	26	(4)
2013	→ Athlone Town (loan)	22	(5)
2014	Limerick	2	(0)
2015	Athlone Town	15	(4)
2016–2017	Limerick	26	(7)
2017–2020	Southern United	47	(29)
2020–2021	Canterbury United	14	(6)
2022–	Cashmere Technical	64	(101)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garbhan Coughlan (born 24 January 1993) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for New Zealand team Cashmere Technical.

Early life

Coughlan was born in 1993 in Ireland, where he also attended university. ^[1] He grew up in Limerick, Ireland. ^[2]

Career

Coughlan started his career with Irish side Limerick. In 2013, he was sent on loan to Irish side Athlone Town. ^[3]

Style of play

Coughlan mainly operates as a striker. He is known for his speed. ^[4]

Personal life

Coughlan has worked as a youth manager. He is the brother of Irish footballer Ronan Coughlan. ^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025 ^[6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Limerick	2010	LOI First Division	8	2	2	0	0	0	—		10	2
	2011		12	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	17	4
	2012		7	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	10	3
	2013	LOI Premier Division	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	2	0
	2014		2	0	0	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	4	0
	Total		29	4	6	1	6	4	2	0	43	9
Athlone Town (loan)	2013	LOI First Division	22	5	0	0	0	0	—		22	5
Athlone Town	2015	LOI First Division	15	5	1	2	1	0	1 [b]	0	18	7
Limerick	2016	LOI First Division	19	5	1	0	3	0	2 [a]	2	21	7
	2017		7	2	2	2	1	0	1 [a]	0	11	4
	Total		26	7	3	2	4	0	3	2	32	11
Southern United	2017–18	Premiership	13	8	—		—		—		13	8
	2018–19		18	13	—		—		—		18	13
	2019–20		16	8	—		—		—		16	8
	Total		47	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	29
Canterbury United	2020–21	Premiership	14	6	—		—		—		14	6
Cashmere Technical	2019	Premier League	14	13	3	5	3 [c]	6	4 [d]	6	24	30
	2020		11	12	—		3 [c]	1	1 [e]	2	15	15
	2021		10	12	7	13	2 [c]	3	—		30	38
	2021	National League	11	10
	2022		22	33	3	3	3 [c]	6	—		28	42
	2023		26	39	4	3	4 [c]	3	—		34	45
	2024		18	34	0	0	3 [c]	2	—		21	36
	2025		4	6	0	0	0	0	—		18	34
	Total		116	159	17	24	18	19	5	8	170	240
Career total			269	215	27	29	29	25	11	10	346	307

1. Appearances and goals in Munster Senior Cup
2. Appearance in Leinster Senior Cup
3. Appearances and goals in English Cup
4. Appearances and goals in Southern Football League
5. Appearances and goals in South Island Championship

Honours

Limerick

• League of Ireland First Division: 2012, 2016

Cashmere Technical

• Mainland Premier League: 2019, 2020, 2021
• South Island Football Championship: 2020
• Southern League: 2021, 2024
• Chatham Cup: 2021
• English Cup: 2019, 2021, 2022

Individual

• Mainland Football Mens Golden Boot: 2019, ^[7] 2022 ^[8]
• Mainland Football Mens Striker of the Year: 2021, ^[9] 2022 ^[8]
• Mainland Football Mens Player of the Year: 2021, ^[9] 2022 ^[8]
• Southern League top scorer: 2021, ^[10] 2022, 2024 ^[11]
• Southern League MVP: 2023 ^[12]
• New Zealand National League top scorer: 2022, 2023, ^[13] 2024 ^[14]
• New Zealand National League MVP: 2023 ^[15]
• New Zealand National League team of the season: 2022, ^[16] 2023, ^[17] 2024 ^[18]
• Steve Sumner Medal: 2022

References

1. "The Irish footballer making waves in Christchurch". metronews.co.nz. 6 April 2023.
2. "'It's surreal': NZ striker ranks with Ronaldo, Mbappé". stuff.co.nz.
3. "Coughlan to sign out with a bang - Roddy". westmeathindependent.ie. 28 June 2013.
4. "Club's newest Irish recruit ready to strike". odt.co.nz.
5. "Ex-League of Ireland star Garbhan Coughlan enjoying football and freedom in New Zealand". irishmirror.ie. 29 January 2021.
6. "G. Coughlan". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
7. "ANNUAL REPORT 2019" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
8. "ANNUAL REPORT 2022" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
9. "ANNUAL REPORT 2021" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
10. "Goal-filled final weekend in the South Central Series as Miramar Rangers (men) and Southern United (women) crowned winners". NZFootball.co.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
11. "National League - Golden Boot 🥇 The regional phase has come to an end and here are the top scorers from each League 🔥". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 2 September 2024– via Instagram.
12. "National League MVPs and Golden Boot winners named". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
13. "Garbhan Coughlan also is the joint winner of the Golden Boot award 👏". New Zealand Football Twitter. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
14. "Congratulations to all the individual awards winners in the Men's National League Championship 2024 🎉". New Zealand Football Instagram. Retrieved 4 December 2004.
15. "Announced at today's #NZNationalLeague Championship Grand Final were the winners of the men's and women's MVP and Golden Boot awards". New Zealand Football Twitter. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
16. "Here is your men's #NZNationalLeague Championship Team of the Season". New Zealand Football . 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
17. "Numbers crunched ✅ 📺 Video watched Here is the men's National League Team of the Season 👏". New Zealand Football Instagram. 24 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
18. "This is the Team of the Season in the Men's National League Championship 2024 🌟". New Zealand Football . 16 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024– via Instagram.